Part XIV Miscellaneous and Supplementary Provisions
Miscellaneous powers etc. of highway authorities and local authorities
C1287 Power to erect barriers in streets in cases of emergency etc.
1
Subject to the provisions of this section, for the purpose of securing public order or public safety or preventing congestion of traffic a competent authority may, in any case of emergency or on any occasion on which it is likely by reason of some special attraction that any street will be thronged or obstructed, cause barriers to be erected in any street and kept in position for so long as may be necessary for that purpose.
For the purposes of this section the following are competent authorities—
a
in the case of a street outside Greater London which is a highway, a local authority and also the highway authority;
b
in the case of any other street, a local authority.
2
For the purpose of erecting barriers in a street under this section a competent authority may provide and maintain sockets or slots in or under the surface of the street.
3
A competent authority shall not exercise the powers conferred by this setion in such a way as to deprive pedestrians of reasonable access to any premises.
4
Schedule 8 to this Act applies to the powers conferred on competent authorities by this section.
5
If a person wilfully removes a barrier, socket or slot erected or provided under this section, he is guilty of an offence and liable to a fine not exceeding F1level 1 on the standard scale.